hi,

I had successfully installed RH8 on my Laptop(DELL2650)with Win-XP overcoming all the "NIVIDIA driver" problems,but it seems to have crashed again(after a year +)
On Boot up,it shows the NVIDIA logo and tries to log in but fails .
Is there a way I can log into grub on boot up or some command line and fix the problem?

Thanks
Sulabh

hey experts,

I need help on this urgently.I had RH8 installed on my Dell Laptop(Dell Inspirion 2650) for quite sometime.
One Fine day ,it fails to boot up on the account of NVIDIA display driver.All I can see the NVIDIA LOGO and it never logs in ,so I am unable to get into the linux however i try it.

The only access i have it to the "GRUB" boot loader.
Is there any way I can get into linux ?? ??atleast the prompt screen and fix the problem which i presume is bcos of the display driver.

guess the experts wud reply to this ASAP.

Thanks
Sulabh

add "init 1" or "init=1" to the grub entry. this should boot linux run level 1, which should be a root login. from there, you should be able to get to the console and try to fivure what's what. you should be able to switch to the generic "nv" driver.

In /var/log should be an x log, I am on a borrowed virus machine, so am not sure, but it might be xf86.0.log or something similar. In runlevel 1 or 3 (both should work) you can do:

cat /var/log/xf86.0.log | less

and read that log. Any lines with EE in front will be most important. q to quit less.

I had a similar problem when installing Drake 10.0 and had no clue. My problem turned out to be failure to backup the XF86Config-4 file, and the one I found did not install a font that was present on the download Drake so it gave a blank screen thus crash. The first time It did not mention font, but I tried a bunch of different stuff and one of them gave a font error.

I ended up reinstallling 9.1 since 10.0 download cannot seem to handle a log-out change to vga mode, with the latest drivers from Nvidia, though the pay version seems to do ti which makes me think it is a font issue...

Well thanks to you pple and now i logged into level 1 and tried to fix things with my Nvidia drivers,tried re-installing it but no use .

THE ERROR THAT MY XFREE86.log gives is
-----------------------------------------------------
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Kernel Input Handler" (type: Other)

Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

"Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
-----------------------------------------------------

Any suggestions on what is the problem and how to fix it.

Thanks
sulabh

aha... find the font

i'd back up the xfree config file
i.e. mv /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.old

and try running the xfree config script,
xf86config

if you don't know them, you should review the config file for some of the settings (i.e. montor refresh rates).

you could simply edit the offedning line in the xfree config file, but i can't say i'm well versed enough to pick out the line, nor the possible replacement.

ok guys ,i tried all that was suggested but i am unable to fix the problem
here is my XFREE86.log file .let me know if u can figure out the problem adn let me know
***********************************************************
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-14 (bhcompile@stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 P
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Aug 25 20:55:35 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Anaconda Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 (generic)"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x800000a8, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,1a30 card 1028,00f3 rev 05 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,1a31 card 0000,0000 rev 05 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,2482 card 1028,00f3 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,2484 card 1028,00f3 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,2448 card 0000,0000 rev 42 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,248c card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,248a card 1028,00f3 rev 02 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,2483 card 1028,00f3 rev 02 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:5: chip 8086,2485 card 1028,00f3 rev 02 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:6: chip 8086,2486 card 14f1,5421 rev 02 class 07,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0112 card 1028,00f3 rev b2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:01:0: chip 10b7,9200 card 1028,00f3 rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:04:0: chip 1217,6972 card 0001,0000 rev 00 class 06,07,00 hdr 02
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x04 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x00003000 - 0x000030ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0x00003400 - 0x000034ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0x00003800 - 0x000038ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0x00003c00 - 0x00003cff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe80fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia GeForce2 Go rev 178, Mem @ 0xe0000000/24, 0xf0000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
((II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x0fffffff (0xff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe800007f (0x80) MX[B]
[6] -1 0x10000000 - 0x100003ff (0x400) MX[B]
[7] -1 0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0x00003000 - 0x0000307f (0x80) IX[B]
[13] -1 0x00002000 - 0x0000207f (0x80) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x00001880 - 0x000018bf (0x40) IX[B]
[16] -1 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0x00001840 - 0x0000184f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
[20] -1 0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
[21] -1 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[22] -1 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
[23] -1 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.4191
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.1.10
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.4191
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-4191 Mon Dec 9 11:51:41 PST 2002
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x0fffffff (0xff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe800007f (0x80) MX[B]
[6] -1 0x10000000 - 0x100003ff (0x400) MX[B]
[7] -1 0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0x00003000 - 0x0000307f (0x80) IX[B]
[13] -1 0x00002000 - 0x0000207f (0x80) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x00001880 - 0x000018bf (0x40) IX[B]
[16] -1 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0x00001840 - 0x0000184f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
[20] -1 0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
[21] -1 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[22] -1 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
[23] -1 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x0fffffff (0xff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe800007f (0x80) MX[B]
[6] -1 0x10000000 - 0x100003ff (0x400) MX[B]
[7] -1 0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x00003000 - 0x0000307f (0x80) IX[B]
[16] -1 0x00002000 - 0x0000207f (0x80) IX[B]
[17] -1 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0x00001880 - 0x000018bf (0x40) IX[B]
[19] -1 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0x00001840 - 0x0000184f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
[23] -1 0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
[24] -1 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[25] -1 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
[26] -1 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
[27] -1 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
[28] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[29] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE0000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce2 Go
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 16384 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 300 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(WW) NVIDIA(0): The user specified VertRefresh "59.000-75.000" has been
(WW) NVIDIA(0): adjusted to "59.000-60.000" (the intersection with
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID-specified VertRefresh "0.000-60.000"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 31.50-48.50 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 59.00-60.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for Display Device 0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (290, 220) mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 88)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0x00100000 - 0x0fffffff (0xff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe800007f (0x80) MX[B]
[8] -1 0x10000000 - 0x100003ff (0x400) MX[B]
[9] -1 0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[13] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[14] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[15] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0x00003000 - 0x0000307f (0x80) IX[B]
[18] -1 0x00002000 - 0x0000207f (0x80) IX[B]
[19] -1 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0x00001880 - 0x000018bf (0x40) IX[B]
[21] -1 0x00001c00 - 0x00001cff (0x100) IX[B]
[22] -1 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0x00001840 - 0x0000184f (0x10) IX[B]
[24] -1 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
[25] -1 0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
[26] -1 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[27] -1 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
[28] -1 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
[29] -1 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
[30] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[31] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extension
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Kernel Input Handler" (type: Other)
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

ok guys i am back to square one ...let me reformulate my problem

My linux kernel is "kernel 2.4.18-14" (i know i need an upgrade).
The NVIDIA drivers that go with it are (using NVchooser.sh)
NIVIDIA-kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up.i686.rpm
NIVIDIA-GLX-1.0-4191.i386.rpm.
so i tried to reinstall these two but KERNEL failed to install.ANY REASON?
ihave already tried to renconfigure the XF86CONFIG but same problem..
whenever i try to my GRAPHICAL login .....IT FAILS

ANY SUGESTIONS????

Thanks
sulabh